Roofing



(No Model.)

LEENKLE.

ROOFING.

Patented June 7,1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD HENKLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,253, dated June 7,1887.

Application filed October 7, 1886. Serial No. 215,532. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD HENKLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roch ester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roofing; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application. v

My improvement relates to a roofing composed of squares of paper orother suitable material provided with binders by which the same may beconnected, and otherwise constructed in the manner hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a portion of roofing showingmy improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan of one of the squares or sections. Fig.3 is an enlarged plan view showing one of the meeting corner-joints ofthe squares. Figs. 4. and 5 are cross-sections, respectively, in linesat a; and g/y of Figs. 1 and 2.

This roofing is composed of squares or sections 1 1,2 2,3 3, 850., laidup in coursesor tiers, like shingles, and capped at the top of the roofby saddle-boards in the usual way. The squares or sections are made ofpaper, tin, or any other suitable material, but preferably paper orpaper-board of a hard and waterproof quality, as, when once laid,painted, tarred, or otherwise prepared, it isvery enduring.

13 B are binders, made of strips of tin or other sheet metal, bent atopposite edges to form hooks a b. Each square or section has two ofthese binders permanently attached to two contiguous edges, as shown inFig. 2. The other two edges of the square are uir covered. To attach thebinders, one hookedge is placed over the edge of the square and is thenhammered downbya drop-press or other means. The binders are of somewhatless length than the sides of the square, so that the corners c c of thesquare are left free.

In applying the roofing one course, consisting of halfsquares, is laidat the lower edge of the roof, as shown at 1 l. A second course, 22,consisting of whole squares, is laid, and this is followed by succeedingcourses'till the top of the roof is reached. In laying the squaresthesides having the binders B B are placed uppermost, which brings the openhook-edges b b at the top and on the upper side to receive the blankedges of the next course above. lVhen the next course is laid, the blankedges of the squares are inserted in these open hooks, which may then bepounded down. This completesthe roofing,which may be painted, tarred, orotherwise prepared to resist the weather.

In laying the roof the squares are placed diagonally, which brings thebinders all at a downward incline, to run off water. At thecorner-joints are four thicknesses, as shown in the longitudinalsection, Fig. 4. These are produced by the overlapping of the severalblank corners c c of the squares, which, being free from the binders,can be brought close together and in thin compass. A tack or nail, f, isdriven through three of these thicknesses before the covering-sheet isput on. The lower corner, c,of the upper section overlaps the othercorners, c c, and forms the watershed.

By the means above described a simple and cheap roofing is producedwhich is very enduring.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A roofing composed of squares or sections provided with binders ontwo sides having hooked edges, the other sides being blank to fit intothe hooks of the course previously laid, as set forth. p

2. A roofing composed of squares or sections provided on two sides withbinders having hooked edges, the other sides being blank,

said binders being shorter than the edges of the sections, leaving blankcorners which overlap at the corner-joints, 'as and for the purposespecified.

3. A roofing square or section having bind ers permanently attached ontwo edges, the other two edges being blank, said binders being shorterthan the edges of the square, so as to leave blank corners between themas set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LEONARD HENKL'E.

Wi tn cases 2 It. F. OseooD, P. A. COSTICH.

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